Galley-lock.



.No. 704,9l8. I Patented My 15, 1902-.

u. s. a. PEOPLES & c. F. WALTHER.

GALLEY LOCK.

(Application filed Dec. 17, 1901.)

(No Model.)

YWZZesses- I Jnzenwrs,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES s. e. PEOPLES AND onARLEsF. WALTHER, or BALTIMORE,

. MARYLAND.

. GAL.LEY-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,918, dated July 15,1902.

Application flied December 17,1901. Serial No. 86,244. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ULYSSES S. G. PEO-v i which the following is aspecification.

- therein.

This invention relatesto galley-locks, and

is an improvement particularly in. the construction of galley-lock forwhich we obtained Letters Patent of the United States No. 677,693, datedJuly 2, 1901.

The invention consists in certain improved constructions, arrangements,and combinations of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a top plan view of the improved galley with a number of type-barslocked Fig. 2 is a top perspective view of the galley without thesidestick or type-bars. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section takenapproximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view,partly in section, of the open end of the galley.

Ou-r patent referred to discloses a printers galley-lock provided withone closed end and one open end and two side bars, one of which isbeveled from 'top' to bottom on its inner wall, whereby to produce agreater width across the galley at the top of said side bars than at thebottom, in combination with a beveled sidestick adapted to abut againstsaid beveled side-bar wall and wedge downwardly between'it and the typeresting on the bottom of the galley.

The particular object of this invention is to provide means whereby thesidestick will preventthe lastline of type or the last type-bar in thegalley from toppling over.

The type-galley A herein shown is like the one disclosed'in our PatentNo. 677,693 in that it is provided with a fiat bottom 11, a transverseend barf, forming one closed end, and two side bars a a, of which thelock-up side bar a is beveled or inclined from top to bottom on itsinner wall 6 throughout its length, whereby to produce a greater widthbars than at the bottom, and the sidestick B is also in this instancelike the one disclosed in said patent in that its wall 0, which abutsagainst the beveled wall b of the side bar a, is beveled parallel tosuch wall, so that when said sidestick is inserted with a wedge actiondown between the ends of the type or the type-bars h, as the case maybe, in the galley and the beveled side-bar wallit will by its wedgeaction lock up the said type or typebars. Furthermore, the sidestickB ismade so that it is capable of being flexed or of yielding in a'lateraldirection, for a purpose hereinafter described.

In addition to its beveled wall 17 the lockup side bar a, is providednear the open end of the galley with a longitudinally-extending recessor socket d, opening inwardly for a portion of its length through the-said beveled wall, as shown at d, and a yielding presser O is securedin said socket and protrudes through the opening 01 into the galley.This presser in the present instance has a member e doubled back onitself and secured in the socket.

0 of the sidestickB enables the lower edge of the stick to pass theprotruding end of the presser device.

While the accompanying drawings and description disclose a sidestickhaving one wall beveled, yet it is to'be understood that the presentinvention is not limited to such construction, and it is also to beunderstood that various changes in theconstruction and arran gement ofthe presser device may be made without departing from the scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

' 50 of the galley across at the top of the two side While the sidestickBis described as being laterally flexible, it is to be understood thatit is only of such flexibility as the bars used for sidesticks generallyhave.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a printers type-galley; asidestick adapted towedge downwardly between one side bar of the galley and the type in thelatter; and a presser device adapted to act inwardly against saidsidestick at the open end of the galley whereby said sidestick willexert a greater pressure on the last line of type in the galley than onother lines, and will prevent said last line from toppling over.

2. The combination of a printers typegalley having a closed end and anopen end, and provided on the inner wall of its lock-up side bar and atits open end with an inwardly-acting presser device; and a sidestick oneend only of which is adapted to be acted on by said presser device,whereby the last line of type in the galley is prevented from topplingover.

3. A galley-lock, comprising a galley; a yielding presser device securedto, one side bar of the galley at the open end thereof; and

a sidestick adapted to have one end flexed by said presser device.

4. A galley-lock, comprising a galley; a sidestick adapted to wedgedownwardly between one side bar of said galley and the type in thelatter; and a presser secured in said side bar at the open end of thegalley and adapted to press against the adjacent end only of saidwedging sidestick.

5. A galley-lock, comprising a galley provided with one closed end andone open end and two side bars, one of said side bars being beveled fromtop to bottom on its inner wall and provided with a socket openinginwardly through said beveled wall; a presser secured in said socket andprotruding through said wall; and a beveled sidestick adapted to abutagainst the beveled wall of said side bar and wedge downwardly betweenit and the type in the galley, and adapted to be pressed inwardly at oneend by said presser.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

ULYSSES S. G. PEOPLES. 4

, CHARLES F. WALTHER.

Witnesses: I

CHARLEsL. VIETSCH, FREDERICK S. STITT.

